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Tobe Hooper-Director- Besides Poltergeist, Hooper directed Eaten Alive, Salem’s Lot, The Funhouse, Lifeforce, Invaders From Mars, and The Toolbox Murders. He is most famous for directing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and later directing it’s first sequel. He also directed episodes of Amazing Stories, Tales From the Crypt, Freddy’s Nightmares, Taken, and most recently, Masters of Horror. |
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Steven Spielberg-Writer/Producer- Most of his works don’t need listing as most of you probably already know that he directed Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler’s List, and many other great and notable films. He also produced tons of movies such as Gremlins, Innerspace, and The Goonies. In 1981, Spielberg formed Amblin Entertainment, named after his short film, Amblin. He would later go on to co-found Dreamworks. Spielberg continues to produce and direct films, his latest being TinTin, due in 2010. |
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Matthew Leonetti-Director of Photography- Prior to Poltergeist, Leonetti worked on films like Raise the Titanic and Eyewitness. He’d later go on to serve as D.P. on films like Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight, Weird Science, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, The Butterfly Effect, and most recently, Soul Men. |
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Richard Edlund-Visual Effects Supervisor- No stranger to the visual effects industry, Edlund has worked on such films as Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist II, Ghostbusters, Fright Night, Ghost, Air Force One, and Charlie Wilson’s War. After Poltergeist and Jedi, Edlund formed his own company, called Boss Films. |
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Jerry Goldsmith-Composer-One of the best composers to even romanticize the screen with his music, Goldsmith worked on episodes of The Twilight Zone, VonRyan’s Express, Stagecoach, In Like Flint, Patton, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Alien. Goldsmith would later go on to score other Spielberg produced films like Twilight Zone: The Move, Gremlins and it’s sequel, and Innerspace. He also composed the scores for many of the further Star Trek films, Matinee, Explorers, The ‘Burbs, the first three Rambo films, LA Confidential, The Sum of All Fears, and Looney Tunes: Back In Action. He also made appearances in both Gremlins films. Goldsmith passed away in 2004 after battling cancer. |
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– February 19, 2011Posted in: Misc.
